We invite attention valuable tract of land by Harrison H. Koiner. J. R. Popham has been appointed Common wealth's Attorney for the counties of Augusta, Highland and Bath. We are gratified to learn that the prospect for a good crop of wheat is now quite promising. The prospect foi a good fruit crop is also good. Special attention is called to the advertisement of Hilb & Weller. Persons indebted to them are earnestly requested to settle. We invite attention to the advertisement of valuable property in Edom, P.ockingham coun ty, by John K. Beery. Seven houses and lots for salo in a nice little village. I —— •-•--• Flour inspected in Staunton, for the quarter ending 31st of March, 1869 : 357 barrels of Family ; 3,317 barrels extra Su perfine ; 671 barrels Superfine ; 127 barrels Fine ; II barrels of Middlings ; 19 barrels condemned total 4,502. G. W. Bkitt, Inspector. . _. Rev. G. M_ C. Kramer, the newly appointed pastor of the Southern Methodist Church in this place, entered upon h...

'TIS OVER. We have seldom met with anything more sol emnl}-, expressively beautiful and touching than these lines: Mv heart is chilled and my pulse is low, But often and often will memory go, Like a blind child lost in a waste of snow, Back to the days when I loved you so, The beautiful long ago. I sit here dreaming through and through The blissful moments I shared with you— The sweet, sweet days when our love was new, When I was trustful and you were true, The beautiful days, but few. Blest or wretched, fettered or free, Why should I care how your life may bo Or whether you wander by land or sea? ■ J. only know'you arc dead to me, Ever and hopelessly. Oh, how often at day's decline, I pushed from my window 7 the curtain vine, To see from your lattice the lamp-light shine ; Type of message that, half divine, Flashed from your heart to mine. Once more the starlight is silvering all, The roses sleep by the garden wall; The night-bird warbles his And hears again through the night air f...

Volume XLVI. PUBLISHED EVEBY TUESDAY MORNING BY _R_.ch.arc_ Marazyj<fc "subscription RATES. Advance Payments. Kor 1 yr., $3 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " 6 mo., 1.85, " 3 mo., 1.00, Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows :— If payments be delayed for three months, an addition of 12. per cent, will be charged; if for 6 months, 2o_>_.- cent.; and if for 12 months, 50 per cent. ;£__»- The rates in currency will be changed from time to time as the price of specie may rise or fall. •"_; ______ 2_a_*~ Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option ofthe Editor, till all arrear ages be paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate ._ i One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, "or the first and 50 cents for each subsequent ln .crtion. Unless the number of insertions be maked upon the manuscript it will be publish ed until forbid and charged accordingly. Obituaries, Announcem...

Tuesday, April 13, 1869. AN ELECTION TO TAKE THE VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE SUBSCRIPTION To VALLEY RAIL ROAD for $300,000 by the County of Augusta. ELECTION DAY, THURSDAY, MAY 27th, 1869. BY ORDER OF COURT. The Order will be found in another column. Vote on the Constitution. It will be observed by the bill, published in another column, which was passed on Friday last, that the President is authorized to submit, at such time as be may deem proper, the Un derwood Constitution to the vote of such as will be registered voters at the time of the elec tion, and to submit to a separate vote such pro visions of the Constitution as he may deem proper. So it is now settled that we will have an election upon the ratification or rejection of that instrument, with a vote at the same time upon striking out some of the more objection able features. At the same time, elections will be held for members of Congress, members of tbe State Legislature, and all officers of the State, provi ded for by that C...

Stetrntro Spectator. Cleveland & Sears so-adry articfe for sale. ■ —%#_ . We invite attention to advertisements of land sales in this paper. Mr. Erasmus L. Houff has qualified as Com missioner of the Revenue for 2nd District of this county, vice John G. Stover removed. ■ — •. __ Roane & Alby have opened, at No. 15, New Street, a large stock of Ready-made Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods. • •--- . S. Mandelbaum advertises the arrival of new Spring goods at the Emporium oi Fashion, un der the Va. Hotel. »■• • Answer to sum in last week's paper—.9 oxen for $95 ; 80 calves for $4; 1 cow for $1. : I. N. F. — . _.. — The citizens of the town are requested to meet at the Court-house to-day (Tuesday) at 3 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of appointing Town Del egates to visit Baltimore to solicit aid in further ance of the Valley Railroad. .-».. J. S. Trout, lately sole editor and proprietor of the Shenandoah Herald, a spirited journal pub lished at Woodstock, has sold a one-half...

Don't Stay Late To-Night. The heart of home is beaming With rays of rosy light; And lovely eyes are gleaming, As fall the shades of night- And while thy steps are leaving The circles pure and bright, A tender voice, half grieving, Says, "Don't stay late to-night." The world in which thou movest, Is busy, brave and wide; The world of her thou lovest Is at the ingle side; She waits for thy warm greeting; Thy smile is her delight; Her gentle voice entreating, Says, "Don't stay late to-night." The world, cold, inhuman, Will spurn thee, if thou fall; The love of one poor woman Outlasts and shames them all; Thy children will cling around thee, Let fate be dark or bright; At home no shaft will wound thee, Then, "Don't stay late to-night." Jottings. It is strange that Gen. Grant, with his well known dislike of bores, promoted Gen. Auger. John G. Saxe says that "Laws, like sausa ges, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made." A sharp chap thinks that Columbu3 is no...

Volume XLVI. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY .Richard _TVta-uzyj& Co. ' r TsUlisCRI-PTION'RATES. Advance Payments. For 1 yr., $3 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " 6 mo., 1.85, " ~ ~ " 3 mo., 1.00, Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows :-If payments be delayed for three months an audition of l_i per cent, will be charged ; if tor 6 months, 2o per cent. ; and if for 12 months, 50 percent. ;2_Sr- The rates in currency will be ehangea fromtime to time as the price of specie may rise ° r **-f- Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option ofthe Editor, till all arrear ages be paid. ADVERTISING RATES. will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, 'or the first anS 50 cents for each subsequent in sertion. Unless the number of insertions he maked upon the manuscript it will be publish ed until forbid and charged accordingly. ;*__* Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates f...

Staunton JSprta*ot\ Tuesday, April 20, 1869. AN ELECTION TO TAKE THE VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE SUBSCRIPTION To VALLEY RAIL ROAD for $300,000 by the County of Augusta. ELECTION PAY. THURSDAY. MAY 27th. 1869. BY ORDER OF COURT. The Order will be found in another <y/»m». PREMIUMS AND COMMISSIONS. WORK TO SECURE THEM. Get Subscribers for the Spectator. We propose to allow a commission of 50 cents on each subscription secured for the Spectator from now to the Ist of July to such as send us the pay for two or more subscribers, and, in addition, to award a premium of $15 to the person securing the greatest number, and a premium of $10 to the peison securing next to the greatest number. This proposition will enable all to be hand somely compensated for the time and trouble they devote to securing subscribers. The names may be sent in at any time be iween now and the Ist of July, and the com missions may he retained by the persons send ing them. A list will be kept of them, so that the prem...

Mandelbaum wants to sella set^ofCottage 'fur niture. Mr. M. P. Bledsoe, well and favorably known, has taken eharg»of the American Hotel in this place. ___ General Howard, of the Freedmen's Bureau, has been sued for S 14,000, the balance due for the Howard University. - i — —►-•- - _ Wm. 11. H. Frenger of this countj" recently received the appointment of Interna! Revenue Storekeeper in the fith district, and is assigned for duty at Marshall's distillery, in Albemarle co. We invite attention to the advertisement of R. W. Burke, successor of Hope es Burke. Mr. Burke will continue the business at the same place. The Warren Sentinel is the title of a paper just established at Front Royal, the county seat of Warren county, Va.—Messrs. James S. Trout, John Clark & Son, proprietors. It promises to be an interesting paper, and we wish it success. -- -■»»■_ Samuel R. Sterling, collector of internal reve nue fur this district, will be in Staunton on the 26th, 27th and 28th days of this mon...

A Little Bay's Pocket. Do you know what's in my pottet 1 Such a lot of treasure's in it! Listen now while 1 bedin it ; Such a lot of sings it hold, And all there is you sail be told ; Every sin dats in ray pottet And whoa and whence and how I dot it. First of all, here's in my pottet A beauty shell—l picked it up ; And here's the handle of a tup That somebody has broke at tea ; The shell's a hole in it, you see; Nohody knows dat I have'dot it, I keep it safe here in my pottet. And here's 1113- ball, too, in my pottet. And here's my pennies, one, two, lie, That Aunt Mary gave- to me; To-morrow day I'll buy a spade When I'm out walking with the maid ; I can't put dat here in my pottet, But I can use it when I've dot it. Here's some more sins in my pottet, Hero's my lead, and here's ray string, And once I had an iron ring, But through a hole it lost one day, And this is what I always say— A hole's the worst sin in a pottet, Have it mended when you've dot it. Crackups. "A man can't help...

Volume XLVI. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY Richard Mauzyj&JOo^ ™lsTFijsc7_ij^^ Advance Payments. For 1 yr., $3 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " 6 mo., 1.85, " " " _ _ ' 3 mo., 1.00, Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows :—lf payments be delayed for three months, an addition ot 12_ per cent, will be charged; if for 6 months, 25 per cent.; and if for 12 months, 50 per cent. j__T- The rates in currency will he changed from time to time as the price of specie may rise or fall. ~ .. , Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option ofthe Editor, till all arrear ages be paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, r or the first and 50 cents for each subsequent in .ertion. Unless the number of insertions be maked upon the manuscript it will be publish ed until forbid and charged accordingly. s__f Obituaries, Announcements of Can...

.iiatmtGtt _§prtatot\ Tuesday, April 27, 1869. AN ELECTION TO TAKE THE VOTE FOR OR AGAINST THE SUBSCRIPTION To VALLEY RAIL ROAD for $300,000 hy the County of Augusta. ELECTION DAY, THURSDAY, SIAY 27th, 1869. BY ORDER OF COURT. The Order icill be found in another column. PREMIUMS AND COMMISSIONS. WORK TO SECURE THEM. Get Subscribers for the Spectator. We propose to allow a commission of 50 cents on each subscription secured for the Spectator from now to the Ist of July to such as send us the pay for two or more subscribers, and, in addition, to award a premium of $15 to the person securing the greatest number, and a premium of $10 to the peison securing next to the greatest number. Tbis proposition will enable all to be hand somely compensated for the time and trouble they devote to securing subscribers. The names may be sent in at any time be tween now and the Ist of July, and the com missions may be retained by the persons send ing them. A list will be kept of them, so that the pre...

_itatmtott %j|j:tator. Read land and other advertisements." Judge Robert M. Hudson died at his residence in Fincastle on Monday week. — . _. Leo Loeb has just returned from New York with a large and beautiful stock of jewelry, hoop skirts and all kinds of notions and fancy articles, which he will sell cheap, at Hirsh's old stand. >#« _ On Monday night of last week, the stable of Mr. Edward Shea, at the toll gate at the North ern end of town, was broken open and three bushels of oats were stolen. -—.-•■* __ A new Baptist Church was constituted at Craigsville, on the 18th inst. Rev. Geo. B. Tay lor acted as moderator of the Presbytery, and preached the Sermon. — .-c ♦ 1 Dr. B. P. Reese has purchased for a residence the House and lot of Miss Eliza B. Garber on the corner of Frederick and Water Streets, for the sum of $4,000 cash. ._♦_• By a military order the congregation of the M. E. Church South of this place are only al lowed to occupy their Church on alternate Sun days. Being th...

Volume XLVI. EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY Richard Manzy & Ca ' SUBSCRIPTIOn'r ATES. Advance Payments. For 1 yr., $3 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " 6 mo., 1.85, " „ „ " 3 mo., 1.00, Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows :-JfJwmmj be delayed for threo months, an addition of 121 per cent, will be charged; if for G months, 2o per cent. ; and if for 12 months, 50 percent. %&r The rates in currency will be cnangea from time to time as the price of specie may rise ° V Subscriptions will not be discontinued,- except at the option of the Editor, till all arrear ages be paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, <br the first and 50 cents for each subsequent m .ertion. Unless the number of insertions be naked upon the manuscript it will be publish ed until forbid and charged accordingly. *&* Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates for Offi...

..__■ ___ Tuesday, 3£ay 4, 1869. The Conservative Convention. Knowing the interest which our readers must feel in the proceedings of the Conservative Convention which assembled in Richmond on Wednesday last, we devote a large portion of our space this week to their publication. As this was the only body which could speak au thoritatively for the Conservative party of this State its utterance was awaited with deep anx iety. The result »f its deliberations, it was felt, would inspire hope or induce despondency. It was necessary that it should recommend a policy which all conservatives could adopt with out compromising their principles, as it is ab solutely necessary that no divisions should ex ist in the party. Upon the united action of all the conservatives depends the salvation of our State from ruin and its citizens from woes un numbered. The object to be accomplished, if possible, by the Convention, was to recommend a line of action which would enable the Conservatives to act toge...

Read land and other advertisements. — -♦— A number of advertisements and other inte resting matter were unavoidably crowded out of this issue. Farmers from all portions ofthe county report the wheat crop as unusually promising. .-«-. S. W. Ficklin offers improved stock for sale. See advertisement. . *. The attention of consumers of milk is called to the advertisement of Messrs. Seymour & Brown, proprietors of Sunny Side Dairy. Any person having a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Augusta Fire Company in their possession will confer a special favor and will be amply rewarded by leaving it atouroflice. .-»- Daring Robeery.—One night last week, Mr. Brnbeck, living at Cochran's mill, in this county, was robbed of $55 in greenbacks. The thief en tered his room, while he was asloep, and took the money from his pants' pocket. . « . . We call attention to the advertisement of Messrs. Teter & Hite's All-healing Liniment, for sale by Dr. N. Wayt & Bro. This Liniment U ve...

[HY REQUEST.] People will Talk. We may go through tho. world, but 'twill be very slow, If we listen to nil that is said as we go; We'll be worried and fretted and kept in a stew, For meddlesome tongues must have something to do. For people will talk, you know people will talk, O! yes, they must talk, you know. If quiet and modest, you'll have it presumed That your humble position is only assumed, You're a wolf in sheep's clothing, or else you're a fool; But don't get excited—keep perfectly cool. If generous and noble, they'll vent out their spleen— You'll hear some loud hints that you're selfish and mean ; If upright and honest, and fair as the day, You'll hear some base hints in a sly, sneaking way. And then if 3*oll show the least boldness of heart, Or a slight inclination to take your own part, _ They'll call you an upstart, conceited and vain; But.keep straight ahead and don't stop to explain If threadbare your coat, or old fashioned your hat, Some one of course will take notice...

Volume XLVI. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY Richard IVEamzy & 'po. suljsciTiptlo^rates. Advance Payments. For 1 yr., $3 in Currency, or equivalent in Specie. " 6 mo., 1.85, " 1 3 mo., 1.00, Postponed Payments. If not paid in advance, additions to the above charges will be made as follows :~__P*y n "« I |f be delayed for Uwee months, an addition ot 12i per cent, will be charged ; if for 6 months, toper cent. ; and if for 12 months, 50 per cent. mtr The rates in currency will be changed from time to time as the price of specie may rise ° r «_*"• Subscriptions will not be discontinued, except at the option ofthe Editor, till all arrear ages c>e paid. ADVERTISING RATES. Adyfrtisemkkts will be inserted at the rate oi One Dollar per Square of Eight Lines or less, 'or the first and 50 cents for each subsequent in sertion Unless the number of insertions be maked upon the manuscript it will be publish ed until forbid and charged accordingly Announcements of Candidates forOMce, Com...

_§t&mttott &pttstor. __B1 Tuesday, May 11, 1869. PREHITJ_IS~ANI) COMMISSIONS. WORK TO SECURE THEM. Get Subscribers for the Spectator. We propose to allow a commission of 50 cents on each subscription secured for the Spectator from now to the Ist of July to such as send us the pay for two or more subscribers, and. in addition, to award a premium of $15 to the person securing the greatest number, and a premium of $10 to the peison securing next to the greatest number. This proposition will enable all to be hand somely compensated for the time and trouble they devote to securing subscribers. The names may be sent in at any time be tween now and the Ist of July, and the com missions may be retained by the persons send ing them. A list will be kept of them, so that the premiums will be awarded to those who shall be entitled to them. If two or more should happen to send the same number—it being the highest—we will apprise them of the fact, and allow them two more weeks in which to...